mapletop Master

So this year I have decided to try and actively post a sort of show journal. I have been here at the hotel setting up for the pipe carving seminar for the past 2 days. The class started this morning … (View Post)

Smoking some Rattray,s Red Rapparee in a bent apple Molina, while reclined on a lizard skin Barkerlounger with magic fingers. (View Post)

The Current Chicago Show Those who have attended past shows in previous years will notice some differences. Sadly, Frank Burla, who has always been there, has passed away, and his absence will always… (View Post)

Early Chicago Pipe Groups There were two groups of pipe smokers in Chicago by the late '70s: one on the South Side and one on the North Side. Another group formed at the UpDown tobacco shop downtown,… (View Post)

The Chicago Pipe Show April 21, 2023 by Chuck Stanion in Pipe Line https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/the-chicago-pipe-show Updated for 2023, this article was originally p… (View Post)